Crude-oil burner with self-supplying steam device.



No. 724,728. rungs-n APR. v, 1903.

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AIILIOATTIQN FILED, JULY 28. 1902. a

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EMORY I. .NIC HOLS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CRUDE-OIL BURNER WITH SELF-SUPPLYING STEAM DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 724,728, dated April 7, 1903.

Application filed July 28, 1902- Serial No. 117,388. (No model.)

' zen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crude Oil Burners "with Self-Supplying Steam Devices; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention has reference to crude-oil burners that will burn gasolene, distillates, and oil of any gravity with equally good results. r

The object of my invention is to providethe construction-of a crude-oil burner with a selfsupplying steam device whereby crude oil can be used in the ordinary stoves, fireplaces, f u rnaces, under steam -boilers, and any place where a fire is required without being compelled to be attached to an air-compressor or a steam-boiler.

A further object of my invention is to secure the greatest efiiciency in a crude oil burner with a self-supplying steam device of the simplest construction having the parts reduced to a minimum, preventing the liability of getting out of order, and reducing the cost of construction.

I am aware that crude-oil burners have been invented of various constructions, all of which vary one from the other in detail of construction and most of which involve, essentially, the same principle of operation, that of being attached to an air-compressor or a steam-boiler to supply the vapor for dissolving or spraying the oil, all of which I avoid.

in the construction of my burner.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation in section. Fig. 2 is an e1evation,partly in section, showing the plate 0. Fig. 3 is a modified form of the burner-head in section.

A represents the pan and body proper of the burner, of any desired shape required. On the bottom of this pan, as shown, thereis one hollow cross-bar 1, though one or more cross-bars may be used, or the pan may be made with a hollow bottom when more steam is required. Oneach end of bar 1 are the raised projections 2 and 3. In the projection 2 is secured the water-supply pipe, supposed to be connected to a tank of water or a hydrant. (Not shown.) In the projection 3 is secured a supporting pipe or'rod H, which supports the burner to any desired height while the burner is in use. Secured in the top of pan A at one side is theoutlet-pipe L, which conveys the steam generated in the opening 4 in pan-bottom up through pipe-1 F to burner-head B. The bu ruer he'ad Bis connected to the steam-pipe F, and at lower end of burner-head B is secured the oil-supply pipe D, supposed to be connected to a reser- .voir of oil or other liquid fuel. .(Not shown.) '65 In the burner-head B is the oil-outlet 6 and the steam-outlet 5. Below the outlets 5 and 6 on bu rn er-head B is the incline plate 7, upon which the oil flows out of outlet 6 and is dissolved by the steam from outlet 5, and the .vapors are thrown and burned upon the panbottom A. The incline plate 7 can be made at any angle that it'is desired to send the flame, as in Fig. 3. It is made to send the flame out horizontally, and the outlets 5 and 6 are bored to correspond with projecting plate '7. j

. 0 represents a protecting-plate for the oilsupply pipe D of any desired shape required and suitably secured to the burner. shown, the plate 0 is secured to a projection "on the side of pan A, which leaves an air-space 8 between the pan A and the plate 0. This plate 0 is to keep the oil from turning into gas until dissolved by the steam on the incline plate 7.

The oil and water supply pipes D and E, as shown, run down perpendicularly. They may branch 06 in any direction desired from the burner-head and the pan-bottom.

I have not shown valves, as it need only be understood that any kind of valves which will regulatethe supply of oil and water may be employed.

By providing an independentoil burner 5 and self-supplying steam device I avoid the extra time and the .cost of coal or .wood inv first getting up steam in a boiler sufficient to operate the crude-oil burners now in'use.

In operation the burner is started by first ICO putting a small quantity of light oil or gaso-' lens in the pan A and lighting same. After burning a few minutes the pan A and pipes L and F become heated. Then turning on the water and oil the Water coming-in contact with the hot metals turns into steam and passes out of outlet-port 5 and dissolves the oil from outlet-port 6 on the plate 7.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A crude-oil burner with a selfsupplying steam device, consisting of a pan formed with a steam-generatin g space or spaces with a water-inlet and a steam-outlet, a burner-head secured to the steam and oil supply pipes with steam and oil outlet ports discharging on a projecting plate on the burner-head, and a protecting-plate secured to the burner, substantially as shown and described.

2. A crude-oil burner with a self-supplying steam device, consisting of oil and Water supply pipes, a pan formed with a steam-generating space or spaces with a water-inlet and a steam-oulet, a burner-head secured to the oil-supply pipe and to the pan by the steamoutlet pipe with steam and oil outlet ports discharging on a projection formed on the head,.and a protecting-plate secured to the pan, leaving an air-space between the pan and plate substantially as shown and described.

3. A crude-oil burner with a self-supplying steam device, consisting of a pan formed with a steam-generating. space or spaces on its lower surface with a water-inlet and a steamoutlet, a burner-head having steam and oil outlet ports and arranged for mixing the oil and steam, a water-supply pipe secured to the pan, a steam-pipe connecting the pan and burn er-head, and an oil-Suppl y pipe secured to the burner-head, substantially as described.

4. A crude-oil burner with a self-supplying steam device, consisting of a pan formed with a steam-generating space or spaces with a Water-inlet and a steam-outlet, a burner-head having steam and oil inlet and outlet ports, a projecting plate under said ports, a protecting-plate secured to the burner-pan, a water-supply pipe secured to the pan, an oilsupply pipe secured to the burner-head, a steam-pipe connecting the burner-head and pan and a supporting-pipe secured to the pan, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 22d day of July, 1902.

EMORY I. NICHOLS. Witnesses:

HENRY M. MCGILL, JAMES MORSE. 

